Each country has its history and with this project we would like to share two passions: hiking and exile routes.
Each country has chosen a representative path to explore Exile Routes and they are going to be linked with curricular contents. As nowadays we can do all these pathways like trekking routes, as a part of important European cultural heritage our students will learn from past to present by doing exercise. In this project, both students and teachers will share the experience of participating in trekkings with the partner institutions and their local communities, and at the same time, they will practise different languages (English and national languages) and work on ICT skills about hiking contents.
In Spain, after the Civil War, thousands of people had to immigrate in order to escape from it. Almost 800.000 people crossed the borders to exile from Spain to France.
In the case of Portugal, history was lead along the Tagus River and the Almourol Castle, where important historical events happened.
If we talk about France, an example to connect history to walking is shown by Aimé Cesaire, who helped artists and intellectuals to cross the Absalon’s Forest in 1941 to escape from Vichy’s Regime and nazis by boat to New York.
In Greece, in order to express feelings of peace pilgrims walked up until the top of Crete mountain where there was a small church. There they light candles to pray.
Last but not least, in Estonia the Soontagana Castle and today’s Kurese Hiking Trail were used as a refuge for Estonians for many centuries and in different wars.
The last thing teachers would like to link in this project is that from the past, knowing, appreciating and understanding is the best way to avoid wars or European conflicts from the present or future (refugees from the Mediterranean, migration, Syria’s war…).
Another Hike
Another History
